Stencil sheet



Patented Oct. 6, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE] sirmnno Bonn, or KANDA-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN STENCIL SHEET No Drawing.

paper, coated with a composition including.

a cellulose ester, such as cellulose acetate or nitrate dissolved in a volatile solvent, such as amyl acetate, in admixture with a tempering agent such as oils orfatty material, such as castor oil, soya bean oil, mineral oil, oleine,

stearine, tallow and parafline residues.

It has also been proposed to provide such a stencil sheet of a fibrousbase coated with a material including esters of polysaccharides,

drying oils, such as linseed oil, perilla-oil, cotton seed oil, soya bean oil, rape seed oil,-

etc. Such blown oils are extensivel used in admixture with mineral oils for In ricating purposes. The blown oils thus prepared from drying or semi-drying'oils have some drying power and consequently the stencil sheets coated with a composition including a cellulose ester in admixture with such a blown oil have certain drawbacks of drying and becoming brittle. Furthermore, it becomes sometimes rancid. These drawbacks are ascribed to the. presence of the remarkable amounts of glyceride of linolic or linolenic acid.

naphthenic acid and fatty acid of tsub'aki oil;

Application filed September 6, 1980. Serial No. 480,193.

According to the present invention, the

blown oils are prepared by heating camelia oil, such as tsubaki oil or other similaroils such as sasanqua oil or tea seed oil, in a current of air to a somewhat elevated tempera ture. If necessary,'a small amount of semidrying oils or other non-drying oils may be added to the above oils. Tsubaki oil is obtained from the seeds of Thea japonica, Nois (Camellia japonica, L), a tree grown in, Japan. Sasanqua oil is obtained from the seeds of Thea sasanqua, Nois (Camellia sasanqua, Than), a tree very similar to the .tsubaki tree. Tea seed oil is expressed on a large scale in China from the seeds of Thea sasanqua, Nois (Thunb.).

In contradistinction to castor oil, the blown oils obtained especially from camelia oil, such as tsubaki oil, 'sasanqua oil, and tea seed oil, have a higher degree of viscosity and no drying property and do not become rancid. Moreover, the blown, oils obtained from camelia oil are also to bedi'stinguished from fatty acid of tsubaki oil, or fatty acid of sasanqua oil in its chemical properties and the eifect of the same used as an ingredient of the coating composition of stencil sheets.' The blown oils obtained from cameh'a oils according to this invention are more easily miscible with the esters of polysaccharides,producing after the evaporation of the solvents a durable coating, which is not only soft and pliable but ofi'ers a considerably greater resistance and is. not affected by changes in temperature, and it has no drawbacks of becoming brittle or rancid These advantages are due to the presence 'of none of linolic or linolenic acid glyceride in theblown oils obtained especially from camelia oils. Thus, in so far as it is used as an ingredient of coating composition of stencil sheets, the blown oil obtained especially from camelia oils is to be materially differentiated from castor oil as well as from fatty acid of sasanqua oil or fatty acid of tsubaki oil.

In carrying out the invention, a sheet of fibrous base, such as Japanese Yoshino paper, is coated or impregnated with a coating material prepared by dissolving esters of polysaccharides, such as starch acetate, 100

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mannan acetate, cellulose acetate and cellulose nitrate, in a suitable solvent, such as acetone, alcohol, butyl alcohol, ethyl acetate, amyl acetate, benzine, benzol and toluol or a mixture of them, and then adding thereto the blown oils prepared from tsubaki oil or other similar oils stated above. If desired, a suitable amount of a temperin agent, such as naphthenic acid glyceride," hydrocarbon oils, fatty oils, fats, fatty acids, waxes, butyl' tartrate, ethyl or butyl phthalate, and phenyl or cresyl phosphate, or a mixtur of them, may be added to the above mixture.

The proportions of the ingredients of the composition may vary according to several circumstances. The following is Parts by weight The term esters of polysaccharides is intended to indicate not only one of definite esters, but also a mixture of them.

What I claim is 1. A stencil sheet adapted for stencilizing by pressure, consisting of a base of fibrous material having a coating comprising esters of polysaccharides and blown camelia oil.

2. A stencil sheet adapted for stencilizing by pressure, consisting of a base of fibrous material having a coating comprising esters of polysaccharides and blown tsubaki oil.

3. A stencil sheet adapted for stencilizing by pressure, consisting of a base of fibrous material having a coating comprising esters of polysaccharides and blown sasanqua oil.

4., A stencil sheet adapted for stencilizing by pressure, consisting of a base of fibrous material having a coating comprising esters of polysaccharides and blown tea seed oil.

of polysaccharides and blown sasanqua oil,

and tempering agents. 1

7. Astencil sheet adapted for stencilizing by pressure, consisting of a base of fibrous material having a coating comprising esters of polysaccharides and blown tea seed oil, and tempering agents.

8. A stencil sheet adapted for stencilizing by pressure, consisting of a base of fibrous material having a coating comprising esters of polysaccharides, blown oil prepared from a mixture of tsubaki oil and other camelia oil or oils, and tempering agents.

9. A stencil sheet adapted for stencilizing by pressure, consisting of a base of fibrous material having a coating comprising esters of polysaccharides, blown camelia oil, and

tempering agents.

SHINJIRO HORII. 

